Description in English

I use Recalbox, Retropie and Batocera for some time. Wishing to change descriptions, add favorites or hide some roms in a simple way and scape roms on ScreenScraper, MameDb and theGamesDb, I wrote this little utility ARRM (Another Recalbox Roms Manager) for my personal use. I make it available if it can be useful to you. All input areas and buttons have their Bubble Info to know their function. This tool is compatible with Batocera, Retropie and EmulationStation too.

Some features

- Compatible with Recalbox, Batocera, Retopie and EmulationStation- Interface in French, English, Spanish, Portugues, German, Russian, Italian, Chinese- All buttons have bubble info to guide the user- Ability to scrape to the unit or mass automatically roms on ScreenScraper, MameDb and TheGamesDb.net with recovery of images and information- Can retrieve boxart info, screenshot, wheel, mix image, video and put them in the gamelist.xml with customizable tag names (useful for custom themes)- Retrieving text information in the chosen language.- Default images when no image has been retrieved during the scrape- Upgrading the gamelist.xml based on the roms files on the disk- It is possible to sort the gamelist.xml on 5 criteria.- Setting favorites, hidden, normal Rom in mass.- Filter of roms without images- Filter of roms without description- Filter on genres, or on a string on the file name or title of rom.- Ability to force a scrape with an MD5 entered by the user.- Modification of various information of a rom- Bulk deletion of image files that do not match any rom in the gamelist- Backup of gamelist.xml from all systems- Backup of modified gamelist.xml via the program- Moving roms into a subdirectory of the parent directory while keeping the information scraped- Moving roms in a root directory of another system while keeping the information scraped- Can find the good title of a rom via its MD5 via screenscraper- Can add the disk number, face or k7 after the name of the game (if present in the file name)- Missing list for games not found- Can specifically recover Japanese boxart- Export the gamelist to a file in .csv format- Ability to use predefined templates (or create them yourself) for mixed images (screenshot + boxart + marquee + cartridge) and customize them via XML configuration files- Ability to recover 2D or 3D boxart- Application of a template of your choice without rescrape by using the images previously downloaded via ARRM (use activation of the 4 images recovery via the option "extra tags" of ARRM)- Mix scrape with 10 layers- ARRM automatically retrieves images from other scraps, or manually created if present in the downloaded_images directory- Several customisable Templates are included- A Mix'Me module allow the user to choose image (pickup or drag & drop) and to apply chosen template on them- Ability to move items (the, the, and those of other languages ES / POR / GER / FR) at the end of the name. Examples: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time -> The Legend of Zelda, The: Ocarina of Time or The Bard's Tale -> Bard's Tale, The- Rom Hash computation for Netplay- Find the core / emulator for arcade games (uses BestArcade4Recalbox)- Change Emulators / Core for selected Roms- Recovery of images Bezels systems and games, which can be used to create Bezels.- Customization of subfolders with image and description- Retrieving game manuals- Possible recovery of scrap made during a crash- Mass MD5 calculation- Mass removal of METADATA- Can retrieve media specifically Japan or US if requested.- WIKI available with concrete cases for better handling of the software- Recovery of overlays with automatic creation of overlays configuration files for Batocera, Retropie and Recalbox by automatic recognition of the Viewport zones (zone where the game screen must appear in the overlays)- Possibility to resize overlays 1080 to 720 automatically with recalculation of viewport areas- When scrap (multi or mono system) possibility to associate a template to a system via a configuration file- SystemSorter : Sorting module es_systems.cfg file on 6 possible criteria. (cf WIKI)- Displays duplicate Roms by game name or file name- Possibility of adding the country at the end of the game name.

Warning- Before updating your gamelist.xml, remember to stop emulationstation by clicking on "stop emulationstation" button.- Remember to use the "Backup all gamelist" button before working on your gamelist.- When you have finished your changes on the database, select the elements of the database (Select all, or select the ones you want in the gamelist) and click on the button: "Create gamelist.xml for selected roms"- Before uninstall previous version, remember to backup you custom mix (if you have done some)

Thank you for reading the WIKI to help you get started with ARRM : WIKI ARRM

Directories structures recognized in Recalbox / Batocera

You can choose another name for 'downloaded_images' in ARRM main configuration menu.

* Taking into account the new Amiga tree on Batocera 5.23; Amiga systems are no longer under the Amiga directory, but in the amiga, amigacdtv and amigacd32 directories directly in roms.* Added 2 templates displaying boxart: "Box Marquee Cartridge" and "Box cartridge"* update of the core / emulator for Batocera / Recalbox

* The logs are centralized in a subdirectory (logs_arrm) of the selected system.* When 'Keep rom name' is checked, 'Add disk' & 'clean name' are disabled* Database update: rom / core arcade compatibility (BestArcade4Recalbox-19-05-09).* Add in the tools tab of a textbox to modify the compression parameters of pngequant (request of Ismaily T. M. on the JujuVinceBros facebook page)* Added in the tools tab a button 'Update Best Arcade Core' to update the database with the best core arcade based games. Uses the files 'fba_libretro.csv', 'mame2003.csv', 'mame2010.csv' from BestArcade4Recalbox-19-05-09 list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F5tBguhRxpj1AQcnDWF6AVSx4av_Gm3cDQedQB7IECk/edit?usp=sharing. These files are located in '%appdata%\nexouille soft\arrm\database'. The 'Update Core' button uses this database.

- 1.7.6.1 (05/31/2019)

* When adding disk taking into account of [Part x of x] in the file name* When adding disk taking into account references memory sizes (16k) (48k) (128k). I use it for my collection of Roms Zx Spectrum which proposed 3 sizes different memories and therefore slightly different Roms.* Taking into account the video during a recompose image if the video file is present (Jay's request from the forum Recalbox)* Ability to add a video manually to a Rom via the 'Video' button in the game card (Jay's request from the forum Recalbox)* Ability to stop the various treatments applied to selected Roms.* Ability to modify the timeout value on web requests (via the 'Tools' tab). Increase the value when scrap server is overloaded.* Use the 32bits or 64bits version of pngequant (compressor PNG) depending on your environment.* When recovering Video only, '4 images' mode does not need to be activated.* Ability to recover the 'cartridge' as the default image.* When launching a scrap with overlay, the previous file "_missing_overlays_% SYSTEM% .txt" is saved with the current date.* Added the SNES CD template

- 1.7.5.4 (05/18/2019)

* Fixed a bug that crashed the application when duplicate search returned too many items.* Fixed bug when searching with keywords and with filters* Changed path for systems overlay path for recalbox in 'overlays_path.txt' file : /recalbox/share/system/configs/retroarch/overlays changed to /recalbox/share/system/.config/retroarch/overlays

- 1.7.5.3 (05/17/2019)

* Fixed the bug that prevented the v 1.7.5.2 application from getting started with new users.* Added a splashScreen at launch.

- 1.7.5.2 (05/14/2019)

* Typing on a letter in the database (if sorted in alphabetical order), positions the index on the first name of game found starting with this letter (request from Zing forum Recalbox)* Following the deletion of Rom, the index is positioned on the next element and does not come back to the beginning of the list (request from Zing forum Recalbox)* System Sorting / The sorting of the es_systems.cfg is now possible on Retropie.* Added a 'retropie' checkbox to launch the 'Stop and Reboot EmulationStation' scripts, to manage the specificities of overlays Retropie, and the SystemSorter specified to Retropie (request of morenr1 on the retropie forum)* Can retrieve and create overlays configuration files for Recalbox, Batocera and Retropie* Added a 'filter duplicate games' button on the Game name or on the file name which allows to filter the Roms whose name of the game or the file name (without extension) appears on other Roms. Example for ARRM: 1943 and 1943kai will be listed as duplicated because 1943 appears in 1943kai (thanks to Zing for testing)* Added a 'Screen Title' checkbox to get the game's Screen Title instead of the screenshot. If checked, it can be used as a Screenshot or in the Mix. (request of ExarKunIv on Retropie forum)* Add a "Europe Media" checkbox to retrieve Europe's special media if present. (Lucinda's request on recalbox forum)* Added an 'SS Media' checkbox to force SS media recovery (specifically created by Screenscraper)* Added a checkbox 'add country' that adds the country, at the end of the game name, if this information is present in the name of the rom file. If the MD5 of the game is filled in, ARRM can retrieve on screenscraper the information of the Country of Rom, during a scrap or during a 'Verif name via MD5' (API V2 only)). With the MD5 the country information will be more complete.* Tag Marquee and Video are now written in the gamelist.xml, in order to use these features in Batocera v5.21 and Retropie.* Textbox to indicate a way for the videos (request of morenr1 forum retropie)* If the mode '4 images' is not selected, only the tags 'image', 'video' and 'marquee' are now saved (previously boxart, screenshot, marquee, mix, cartridge were saved in the gamelist.xml) (request from kevinnash forum Recalbox)* His played (Back to the Future locomotive) at the end of a scrap. The sound can be activated via a checkbox 'Its end scrap' in the tab 'General options' (request of Kevinnash forum Recalbox).* Line breaks and tabs are taken into account in the textbox 'description'. (bug brought back by Zing)* Backup paths for overlay images, overlay configuration files and input_overlay 'can be set via a config file* Fixed inconsistencies in media search (by country) using API v2* Change the path to recover the original es_systems.cfg file on Batocera v5.21* Fixed a bug when validating a nonexistent screenscraper account* Added additional information about ScreenScraper user account (screenscraper login module)* Remove redundant 'add disk / tape / side' button with 'Check Roms' which already applies the following checkboxes: 'Clean Name', 'Add Disk', 'Keep Rom Name', 'Add Country'* Fixed bug on auto-assignment of template with 'Recompose image'* Fixed various bugs* Adding an Amstrad GX4000 template

- 1.7.3.0 (04/28/2019)

* Acceleration of image processing* Download of the video is available without obligation to activate the '4 images' mode* Added Mix RB V1 and Mix RB V2 button to recover V1 and V2 mixes (pre made) on Screenscraper. Available only on Screenscraper using the V2 API.* Added a checkbox "remove sortname tag" in the tab 'Gamelist Options' (used on Retropie) (request of morenr1 on forum Retropie)* Added a button 'without video' in the filters (request of morenr1 on forum Retropie)* Added a checkbox in the sorting module of the es_systems.cfg file to differentiate or not the portable consoles from the home consoles

* bug fixed: on the Recalbox, the button 'stop the emulation station' and 'restart the recalbox' did not work properly.* add the suffix _USA for qd a media USA is found and the checkbox media_USA is checked (Secamfr request)* Added a tab "Tools"* Added button "Sort es_systems.cfg" in the tab "Tools" which displays a module allowing to sort the file es_systems.cfg on 6 possible criteria. A backup of the old file is created for security. The systems are referenced in a pre-configured systems_sorting.txt file that you can edit to add your systems present in your es_systems.cfg but missing from this file.* Added a "Backup configuration files" button in the "Tools" tab which makes it possible to make a backup of the files present in "% appdata% \ roaming \ nexouille soft \ arrm \ database" which you could have modified / personalized. Use before uninstalling the application if you have modified some of these files.* Taking into account the systems present in Recalbox 6 and updating the emulators / cores

- 1.7.1.1 (04/06/2019)

* Bug fix: In order for the auto template for a system to work, the Auto association template had to be checked; corrected. Both operate independently* Added a 'Missing Overlays' button to highlight games whose name appears in the '_missing_overlays_% SYSTEM% .txt' file created during a previous overlay search.* Updated emulators/cores for Recalbox and Batocera used with the 'Reset Core/Emu' button.

- 1.7.1.0 (04/01/2019)

* Added translation in Italian: a big thank you to Michele for her careful translation* Fixed a bug with bad overlays viewport coordinates on batocera only* It is now possible when scrap (multi or mono system) to associate a template to a system via a configuration file (see wiki http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=scraper-en )* Addition of a checkbox: -> 720 allowing to convet a template in 1080 to 720 and to recalculate the coordinates of the viewports of an image overlay in 1080 for a display in 1280x720 ( see wiki : http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=bezels_en )* Best automatic recognition of viewports on Vectrex* Fixed a bug on the 'All' button for system selection that caused a bug when launching a scrap* Fixed various bugs

- 1.7.0.0 (03/24/2019)

* Overlays recovery and automatic creation of overlay configuration files for Batocera and Recalbox. When recovering system and game overlays, ARRM can detect overlay transparency areas and automatically create configuration files for Recalbox or Batocera, or rely on configurable template files. (thanks to VirusMan for the beta test). For more explanation Read the wiki article: http://www.jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/doku.php?id=bezels_en* Radio button to select the format of overlays to recover: 16/9 (most provided), 16/10 and 4/3* Checkbox 'Dev' in the tab 'Options' which allows to save in a dedicated directory the overlay with a yellow frame representing the automatic coordinates of the viewport found by ARRM. Useful for locating overlays posing problems.* Creation of a file "_missing_bezels_%system%.txt" containing the list of overlays not found.* Added a field to select the backup directory for overlays and their configuration files (\\recalbox\share, \\batocera\share or any directory of your disks)* Added a validation button for the selection of various directories* Fixed a bug when looking for files / names of roms containing the character '&' (ampersand) (the game was not found) (report SecamFr)* Bug fix when clicking on "Display" without any system selected (report Virus-Man)* Addition of a checkbox 'In .ZIP' in the 'Scrap Options' tab: When the search via MD5 on the Rom file name does not return anything, ARRM searches via MD5 file contained in the .ZIP* Added Screenscraper's V2 Beta API (selectable via Checkbox in Control Panel* Add / Edit systems / cores in configuration files* When 'US Media' or 'JAP Media' is selected, ARRM attempts to retrieve the corresponding game name (US or JAP)* Fixed various bugs

- 1.6.1.1 (03/03/2019)

* Added a button 'MD5' in the panel 'Actions possible on selected Roms' to mass calculate the MD5 Rom files then causing a faster search Screenscraper. The MD5 tag is also written in the gamelist.xml. (Request of twh7474 on the JujuVinceBros forum)* Added a 'Clear METADATA' button in the 'Possible Actions on Selected Roms' panel to mass delete METADATA. Keeps the ROM filename and the game name from the ROM filename. (Request of twh7474 on the JujuVinceBros forum)* Renamed 'Japan Box' in 'Japan Media'* Creation of a button 'US Media' (request of Damocles)* If 'Japan Media' or 'US Media' is checked, ARRM attempts to recover Japanese or US versions of Boxart, Cartridge, Marquee/Title. The language of the textual information will be the language of the ARRM interface.* Added a WIKI button (at the top of the screen near the title) : http://jujuvincebros.fr/wiki/arrm/* Fixed a bug that crashed the application when clicking the 'Backup gamelists' button in the 'Gamelist options' configuration tab* Fixed a bug causing no bubble info on Portuguese, Spanish, Russian languages* Added Amiga CD32 template

* Creation of a 'Temporary gamelist' checkbox in the 'Gamelist options' tab which allows to create a 'gamelist_tempo.xml' file during the progression of the scrape in the directory of the scraped system. So after a crash of the application, the next launch of a scrap on this system, a prompt asks you if you want to merge this file 'gamelist_tempo.xml' in the current 'gamelist.xml'. If an error occurs, check that the 'gamelist_tempo.xml' file contains the <gamelist> tags at the beginning of the file and </gamelist> at the end of the file.* Keyword search is done on the description as well.* Fix format of the dates to respect the format yyyymmddT000000 (request of Maromatze on the site Jujuvincebros.fr)* Added some systems Logo* Added Atari800 & Atari800XL template* Taking into account the systems added in the beta Recalbox of February 2019: pokemini, channelf, samcoupe, oricatmos; PC98

- 1.5.9.6 (02/01/2019)

* faster scrape treatment* When there is an error downloading an image, 2 more attempts are made.* fix the mix_gamegear_profile* Add an Atomiswave template* The log file is no longer in memory (this caused slowdowns on the big scrape). Now the log is written in the "system" \ scrape_log.txt file. So during a crash, the log file is always searchable

- 1.5.9.3 (01/24/2019)

* fixed bugs that made the application crash during scrape* Bezels directories are created only if the bezel checkbox is checked* new checkbox 'Manual' in 'images options' tab to download manual of the selected game. If you want only the Manual, check Manual and Check 'No image, only texts' and launch a scrap.* customization of subfolders with image and description (request from FloppyFred) Example: folder \\recalbox\share\roms\neogeo\- Metal Slug\ It will be necessary to put the image relative to the file with the same name as the file .png. Example: \\recalbox\share\roms\neogeo\- Metal Slug\- Metal Slug.png The image is necessary to take into account this combination You can also put a description of the folder (optional) in a text file (.txt) with the same name as the folder: \\recalbox\share\roms\neogeo\- Metal Slug\- Metal Slug.txt This information (folder) will be written at the end of the gamelist.xml file when saving the gamelist.

- 1.5.9.0 (01/20/2019)

* Setting up a button for image recovery of bezels. These images of bezels can be used to create your own bezels of systems and bezels of games:. * Recovery of system bezels via a "download bezel" button after checking the desired systems. The system bezels are stored in a bezel subdirectory of the system then by format (4-3 / 16-9 / 16-10) * Recovery of games bezels. The bezels are stored in a subdirectory "bezel" of the directory of recovery of the game images (by default: downloaded_images \ beze \ formatbezel formatbezel can take these values: 4-3 / 16-9 / 16-10)* Added many templates for Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Thomson, Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 2, Sega Saturn, Oric, Magnavox Odyssey 2, MSX, Atari Jaguar, Mattel Intellivision, Atari 800, Atari 5200* Added a 'Thanks' link in the Contact tab that displays donors and people who have made suggestions and bug reports.* Added a 'Reinit Core / Emu' button next to the 'Maj Core' button that allows you to reset / modify the core and the emulator (via a listbox of Emulators - Cores) for selected roms.

- 1.5.8.1 (01/03/2019)* Added a button "Update of the Core" in the panel 'Actions possible on selected Roms' which allows to automatically select the core best suited for arcade games (Mame, Neogeo, Fba, Fba_libretro etc. .. .) via a database (BestArcade4Recalbox-18-03-30, 1777 games listed) (request from Fourch) A backup of your gamelist before modification is automatically created when you press this button. The setting is done via a text file editable by the button 'Edit Arcade Core' in the tab 'General Options' Read the comments in the file before doing manipulations ARRM searches in a database based on 'BestArcade4Recalbox-18-03-30'. It searches the game with status 3, then status 2 and finally status 1 and sets the appropriate emulator and core. status 1: partially functioning game status 2: game running almost correctly status 3: game running properly* Checking the consistency of the local file name with the rom name of the gamelist.xml (uppercase / lowercase problem corrected)* Some file extensions for different systems have been updated / added

- 1.5.7.6 (12/15/2018)

* checking the existence of the image directory ('downloaded_images' by default) when launching scrape and not only when displaying a system.* option "cleans name" allows to move items (the, the, and those of other languages ES / POR / GER / FR) at the end of the name. Examples: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time -> The Legend of Zelda, The: Ocarina of Time or The Bard's Tale -> Bard's Tale, The (request from Fourche)* For batocera, allows to see the amiga sub systems present under the amiga system* add _screenscraper_mix_arrm.png / jpg in search of missing images* added a video button to recover only the videos. (Jay's request)* added a button "hash (crc32) Netplay" hash computation (crc32) that allows to write the tag 'hash' in the gamelist.xml used for the Netplay (request from Ankx)* added a "batocera" checkbox in the "Recalbox / Screenscraper / TGBD" tab for systems using batocera* when checkbox batocera is checked, automatic creation in the folder gamelist.xml with image and description of the game for Scummvm on Batocera

- 1.5.7.3 (11/20/2018)

* added a 'Name directory images' parameter, by default 'downloaded_images'. it will be added to the system path exempple \\ share \ rom \ atari2600 \ downloaded_images, where the scrape images will be stored* addition of different systems in 'systems_extensions.txt' present in Batocera or Retropie* add extensions to the 'systemes_extensions.txt' file* Russian translation corrections.* Added a checkbox (Add Index), which allows to add an index in the gamelist.xml in front of the name of the games to allow the management of multi criteria sorting (example: 001 = - game_name1). EmulationnStation using its own sorting system. It will be necessary to choose in EmulationStation the sorting by name.* Add a <sortname> tag in the gamelist containing the name of the game with the index, if however your retropie version takes it into account

- 1.5.7.1 (11/11/2018)

* Fixed a bug with a registry key that prevented the application (1.5.7.0) from launching

- 1.5.7.0 (11/11/2018)

* Added a 'Sorting the Database' button to define 5 sorting criteria on the Database that will be applied to the Gamelist.xml when it is saved. The sorting criteria are stored and applied automaticaly to gamelist.xml loaded in ARRM.* Add Russian language (visuals and texts will be retrieved in English on Screenscraper) (google translated...)* corrections / additions of translations* bug fix* Fix bug with dates on screenscraper* Added a checkbox 'No text', not to save the text information during a scrap. useful if you have made text modifications and do not want to see them overwritten by a new scrapbook. AnkX request.* Added a Vectrex v2 template from front with cartridge and Logo at the top

- 1.5.6.1 (11/04/2018)

* The screens and information bubbles are now available in 5 languages: French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and German. (Many thanks to Zing for help with the Portuguese translation)* Depending on the language chosen, ARRM attempts to retrieve the descriptions / artwork corresponding to the language on Screenscraper* Added 2 'Roms Infos' and 'Games Infos' buttons that point to the corresponding pages on Screenscraper* Increased resolution of saved images* Added boxing search with country code (ss) on screenscraper* Added several templates: Sega SG-1000, Sinclair ZX81, NEC Pc Engine CD, Sharp X68000, NEC SuperGrafx, Sega Dreamcast, Nintendo Famicom Disk System, Panasonic 3DO* No more overlapping of tooltips when changing language* Modification of the version change dialog: richtextbox with elevator and clickable link

- 1.5.5.1 (10/21/2018)

* Added a checkbox 'Ignore local search' in 'Scrap Options' menu to skip search for local images when no images were found during scrap on the Internet* A "Mix'Me" button allows you to create your own Mix by selecting the four types of images (Screenshot, Boxart, Marquee and Cartridge) that will apply to the selected template or to choose an existing MIX. Drag & Drop possible.* The templates in Profile mode (perspective screen view) have been modified to take into account the deformation on 4 points of the image (and no longer 3) which makes the perspective effect much more realistic for the images. screenshots and the marke.* modification of the search via md5 for more success in the search (bug raised by Virus-Man)* Improved research on AMIGA Roms* Adding templates for Sega32X, SegaCD, SNES, PC Engine, Blastcity, Naomi (change)

* New database including the <cartridge> tag* The scrap on screenscraper allows to recover the image of the cartridge when it exists. New tag in the gamelist.xml <cartridge>* the status line is replaced by a textbox whose detailed content is accessible via a text editor by clicking on 'see log'. Use this log to understand how ARRM works.* The dialog indicating that the game was not found on TheGamesDB no longer appears. see the log status* the image preview checkbox on TGDB is now positioned in the menu "Recalbox / Screenscraper / TGBD"* When loading the gamelist.xml, verifying the existence of the images locally, otherwise deleting the reference of the image in the database* It is now possible in the MIX templates to add a 2nd layer marquee (name of the layer: marquee2), used in the template "emulga like" (Query Marwyn91)* Addition of several templates using the cartridge image: "Atari 7800 cartridge", "cartridge colecovision", "n64 cartridge", "atari 2600 cartridge", "genesis cartridge", "emulga like", and others* Now 10 layers are available in your MIX* Added a "customnomix" filter button that filters images created from other scrapers and recomposed by ARRM. This tag is used so that ARRM does not attempt to remix these images* when looking for a DOS game on screenscraper, ARRM searches with both the .pc and .dos extension* some bugs fixed* In the "Choice Mix Model" page, the "View Rep" button brings directly into the directory of the selected template

Local images search option :

* Option "Considered as Mix" in "Scrap Options": When this option is checked, and no image is returned by the scraper, the images from other scrapers found on the disc are then considered already Mixed and so the template is not applied* Option "Considered as a Screenshot" in "Scrap Options": When this option is checked, and no image is returned by the scraper, the images from other scrapers found on the disc are then considered a Screenshot and so the template is applied* if "Regarded as Mix" and "Considered as Screenshot" are not checked, the system will ask you to confirm if the image found locally is already a MIX (in this case there is no template application ) or if the image is a Screenshot (in this case there will be application of the template)* Option "Ingorer other scraper" in "Scrap Options". If this option is checked, in "Image Rebuild" mode, if no image is indicated in the database, search for local images from other scrapers will be ignored.

- v 1.5.1.1 (09/12/2018)* little makeover of the interface* integration of the new TheGamesDB API. Warning TGDB now limits to 1000 requests per IP and per month.* bug fix on erasing dos and daphne rom* when creating a mix, if an image (box, screen, marquee) is not found, ARRM searches in the images_downloaded directory for images previous scrap on Thegamesdb, Screenscraper or another scraper. (see above)* if "no image" or no choice of image has been made in the "image options", ARRM only retrieves the textual information of the game (thanks PilafSama)* added 2 templates: mix_recalbox_like / mix_recalbox_like_snes_n64* the values ??of the checkboxes in the image options are retained.* when searching for a missing image, ARRM searches with the <rom filename> if the option 'image as rom' was checked in the 'scrap options' otherwise it looks on the <game title>* Added option: 'Remove filters' When this box is checked, when saving the gamelist, all filters are deleted, hidden files are displayed and the entire list is selected "(Zing and PilafSama requests )

- v 1.5.0.4* If an image is not found via the scrape, ARRM will look for a file with the name of the rom + "_screenshot" or "_boxart" or "_marquee" file in the downloaded_image directory (extension jpg / jpeg / png) (request for PilafSama)* Fixed a bug when the "media_screenshot" tag on screenscraper points to an invalid image.* filter on extensions corrected (thanks Tuxboy)* if no image is found ARRM tries to recover the old images already stored by ARRM (to counter the pb with the tag media_screenshot on screenscraper which does not return any image)

- v 1.5.0.1* bug fix : you can now choose 2d box on mix image (just uncheck the 3dbox option)* fixed a bug when no screenshot was present. Now for missing boxart / marquee / screenshot they are replaced by their default image or by transparent empty images* 3 new templates for image mix* The default screenshot image is entered in "Extra Tag + Image Default". Remember to tick "Activate default images" if you want this screenshot to appear when no screenshot has been found.

- v 1.5.0.0* redesign of the template system. It is now possible for a mix to manage 8 layers by transparency. See the sample template 000_example_template* fixed a bug when calculating MD5 on a directory

- v 1.4.9.4 (08/20/2018)* scrape style / options image options are accessible via a toggle button (Options / Images style). It saves a little space* Added a scrape option: "Confirm each game", which allows to validate the scrape of a game or to pass it (Zing's request on the Recalbox forum)* Added a scrape option: "Image as Rom file". The name of the image file will be identical to the name of the rom file (Jay's request on the Recalbox forum)* The choice of templates is now in the form of a drop-down list with sample of the mix* Added a thumbnail in "image style" displaying the selected template* Added many console templates

- v 1.4.9.2 (07/10/2018) version number bug fix that could prevent desinstall of old versions

- v 1.4.9.0 (06/04/2018)* Default images now integrate into templates. They apply when no picture is found. For example, choose a "snowy screen" for the Screenshot. The default Screenshot is applied if 'image style' matches Screen or Mix. Default Boxes and Marquee are applied only if 'image style' matches Box or Marquee.* The system search parameters are now manageable via external files containing for theGamesDb and Screenscraper the names of systems recalbox / batocera / emulationstation and their equivalent on the sites Screenscraper and TheGamesDb (accessible via the button next to the buttons Screenscraper and TheGamesDb)* add a Naomi style arcade template

- v 1.4.8.2 (05/29/2018)* Fixed a big bug that prevented the game from launching after adding "core" and "emulator" tags with empty content: now these tags are no longer written to the gamelist when they are empty.To apply the solution to your gamelist, simply reload your system in ARRM, select your roms and create the gamelist so that everything comes back in order. Thanks to VirusMan for quickly detecting the problem

- v 1.4.7.3 (05/18/18)* It is possible to move the roms from one system to another by keeping the scrape via the button "Move to folder. Attention it is necessary that the destination folder is the root of a system folder / Console

- v 1.4.7.2 (05/12/2018)

* change processing for .scummvm files so that the sleeve is directly visible under recalbox without having to validate the game. (Anto64 suggestion) see https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/ScummVM-(EN)* change processing for manual MD5: now on a search with a MD5 entered manually, the platform is no longer passed as a parameter in the request. So you can scrap information from the same game on another platform.* fixed a bug folder tag in gamelist.xml (Thanks VirusMan)* fixed a bug in the renaming and moving of roms (dos / scummvm)* Fixed a bug when refreshing the datagrid during a move of roms in another directory* added a button 'Screenscraper' in the groupbox "Roms Information", to open the Screenscraper page of the platform concerned to the first letter of the name of the game

- v 1.4.7.1 (05/09/2018)

* You can manually enter an MD5 on a game and force its scrape on this md5, the md5 will be saved in the gamelist. During an unsuccessful search on the name of rom, ARRM does a search via the MD5 which will be saved in the database and XML. Thus during future scrapes he can search directly via the MD5 already found.* addition of a field 'md5' in the gamelist and the database (new version of database)* The template for the image mix is ??now managed via XML files. Use the 'see mix model' button to choose your template. The xml files are editable and editable (remember to click reload). You can create your own files and background They are located, along with their background file in c: \ users \ your_ident \ appdata \ roaming \ soft_example \ arrm \ resources.* add the 3d Box button to retrieve in the Box image mode or in the boxart tag the 3D box if available on screenscraper* add a textbox 'MD5 game' to make a unit search on the MD5 entered in the textbox screenscraper and no longer on the name of the game or its calculated md5.* MD5 button: the "clean name" checkbox can be applied to this button.* fixed a bug: under recalbox some images did not appear: solution removal of the old image during the scrap of a game. (If you are in this case, remember to click on 'delete unused images' then select all your database and click on 'check if image exists' and then filter on 'roms without pictures' and scrap them)* It is possible to select several systems in order to launch an automatic scrape on Screenscraper: If multiple systems are selected, an automatic scrape starts on Screenscraper. A report appears at the end of scrape. If only one system is selected, the usual interface is available, which allows scrape and manage the gamelist.xml* checkbox to use the name of the Rom file as a game name (SecamFr request)* Improved 'Verif Name via MD5' (more accurate)* Added a 'Verification Roms' button which only serves to browse the database and apply actions related to checkboxes 'Clean Name', 'Add Disk', and 'Keep Name Rom'* The 'Channel Search in Title or Rom Name' now allows you to search for the desired channel in both the Game Title, but also in the Rom file name (SecamFr request)* Ability to enter a Genre Filter by entering the genre, without the need to select a genre in the combobox* addition of a "export csv" button allowing to export in csv format the list of games of your current gamelist (request of StephaneR)* longer bubble info* Fixed various bugs

v 1.4.3.5 (04/15/2018)

* Taking into account the "playcount" and "lastplayed" in the gamelist* Ability to add custom tags in the gamelist.xml via the button "Extra Tag + Default Image". The information about boxart, screenshot, marquee, mix and video (download video) can be retrieved and put in the gamelist.xml. Tag names can be customized, but you need to keep an "image" tag for compatibility with Recalbox. (The latest version of Emulationstation, not yet available on Recalbox, recognizes the tags "video" and "marquee")* Ability to put a default image (for each custom tag) when no image is found during a scrap.* Ability to search for the correct name of a game via its MD5 on screenscraper via the button "Check name with MD5" (deletion of the local database of CRC that was not up to date)* Add Checkbox "Add Disk" and "Clean Name" activable during a scrap, a search of correct name, or the addition of the # Disk/Tape/Side "Cleans name" allows to delete the characters between () and [] and places the articles (the, a, an, they ...) at the beginning of the name "Add disk" allows to add at the end of the name the disk/tape/side as well as AGA/CD32 (for amiga)* Added a "Join the chat discord" button to join the discord text chat to report bugs or request features* Added a changelog clickable link to view application change history* "Status" zone increased to display several lines of application messages* Text files like gamelist & Extensions now opens with your system default text editor* Editable list (button : 'Edit No MD5') of extensions on which the calculation of the MD5 will not be done (in order to save time)* bug fix with autosave: All games are automatically selected when "autosave Gamelist" is checked and you click on "create gamelist.xml for selected roms"* Added a 'ScummVM short names' button that points to a website indicating short names to use with your .scummvm files* Fixed many bugs

v 1.4.3.2 (03/28/2018)

* Fixed a database bug that prevented the application from working * Added a check of the correct version of database when launching the application * Bug fix: the player count was not recovered via screenscraper (thx outlaw)

v 1.4.3.1 (03/27/2018)

* bug fix of v 1.4.3.0: scraping scummvm and Dos Roms can indicate missing roms by mistake.* move the 'extra tag' button so that it is accessible when the app is launched

v 1.4.3.0 (03/25/2018)

* You can add custom tags in the gamelist.xml via the button 'extra tag'. Informations about boxart, screenshot, wheel, mix and video can be retrieved and put in the gamelist.xml.Tag names can be customized, but you need to keep an 'image' tag for compatibility with Recalbox. (Outlaw request)* Fixed a bug, when scraped on subfolders (such as DOS or Scummvm) the rom file was considered missing

v 1.4.2.0 (03/22/2018)

* Improve search on screenscraper via md5 and sha1 (if CRC box is checked, to use for Rom who do not have media when searching without CRC)* Added a Checkbox "JAP" to retrieve Japanese Boxarts if existing on the Screenscraper database* When searching roms for Amiga1200 system, if the term "AGA", "CD32", "CD 32" (with or without parenthesis) is found in the file name, searchis done on the correct platform on screenscraper (the term AGA or CD32 is then added to the name of the game, to differentiate it) (NinjaW request)* Added a file indicating the roms not found in the scrapper (format: _missing_arrm_%SYSTEM% _%SCRAPPER% .txt) (Virus-Man request)* The media file names are changed and the following suffixes are added to the image file name:screenshots: "_scrappername_screenshot_arrm"boxart: "_scrappername_boxart_arrm"mixed: "_scrappername_mix_arrm"the suffix JAP is added if a Japanese boxart is present in the image* Fixed some bugs

- v 1.4.1.1 (03/11/2018) :exception bug fix when searching with some games name (samsho2ka.zip for example) on screenscraper

- v 1.4.1.0 (03/10/2018) :

Manage mixed images differently if screenshot is in portrait format (vertical shmup) or landscapeThe <folder> tags in the gamelist are preserved if you had them and put them back in the new gamelist. Useful if you had customized subfolders with an image. (thanks virus-man)Fixed a bug when pressing the 'clear rom' button and various bugs

- v 1.4.0.0 (03/09/2018): Added support for Screenscraper for information retrieval (in Fr or En) and images (thanks to screenscraper for their complete and fast database)The search on ScreenScraper is done on the name of the file, then the name of the game and finally crc (if checked, attention the calculation of crc can be long on the images iso)Added a "save auto gamelist" button to automatically save your gamelist when you switch systems or close the application.Fixed some bugs

- v 1.3.3.0 (02/20/2018) : Add Gamecube, Nintendo DS, Saturn, Wii in TheGamesDB search.Add a button to add disk number, side number or K7 number after the gametitle (if présents in the filename)When retrieving Mixed image : - if there is no screenshot, retrieve only the Boxart in a large format.- In Mixed image, Boxart and Logo/Title are little bigger.

- v 1.3.2.0 (02/10/2018) : updated to include new systems from the new version of recalbox (databse updated with crc from this new systems). Fix some bugs.

- v 1.3.1.0 (01/20/2018) : the application window is now 1240x670 so it can be displayed in its entirety on 1280x720 screens. TheGamesDB search window is now centered on the parent window. - v 1.3.0.0 (01/13/2018) :Button (Check good name with CRC) to try to find the good title of a rom via its CRC32. Allows TheGamesDB to find games more easily.Checkbox (clean name) associated with the button (Check good name with CRC) allows during this verification to format the title of the game by deleting the characters between () and [] and other embellishmentsFixed various small bugs.

Warning: Since version 1.3.0.0 a new table has been added to the database.If you encounter this error message:"Unhandled exception has occured in your application... The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot find the input table or query "dat_database". Make sure it exists and that its name is spelled correctly".Remember to delete your old installations. and delete the directory "c:\users\votre_identifiant\appdata\roaming\nexouille soft\arrm" (if it still exists) before reinstalling the new version.

- v 1.2.9.0 (01/05/2018) : Interface and tooltips in french and english. Fix bug on renaming roms and others little bugs.- v 1.2.7.0 (12/30/2017) : Moving roms in a subfolder of the parent folder without losing scrapped informations. Fixes of several bugs.- v 1.2.5.0 (12/28/2017) : Fixed a bug with the registry base; added a "No Image" checkbox to avoid downloading images on thegamesdb and MameDb and thus not overwrite existing scrapp. Addition of a checkbox to check the existence of update at the launch of the program. Add a donation link via paypal.- v 1.2.0.0 (12/26/2017) : Search for roms in subfolders (thx Virus-Man for the report), Selection of the image type (boxart, screenshot, mixed) to download when scappring auto from TheGamesDB, Backup of the database and extension list (they are deleted when updating)

Screen of choice between Mix or Screenshot during the discovery of local image when the scrap did not find an image.

Mix'Me screen that allows you to compose your own Mix by selecting the image files (drag & drop possible) corresponding to the 4 available tags. It is also possible to choose an image of a Mix already made.

Screen form for custom Tags (xml tag) and default images (when image is missing from scrap) open the picture in a new windows to maximize

Scrapping form from The GamesDB.net open the picture in a new windows to maximize

Some distribution like Retropie can display the gamelist with a <sortname> name that will be used to sort the gamelist. ARRM proposes a multicriterion sorting module (5) compatible with this <sortname> tag. For other systems ARRM proposes to index the file names in order to respect this order.example;01 = - Jurassic Park Interactive02 = - Need for Speed, The....

You can also mass-change the emulator and core for selected roms

Templates available in ARRM

Templates are editable via XML files. 10 layers / layers are available per template that can display each element recovered from scraps (Screenshot, boxart, title, cartridge) but also your own images. See the wiki & nbsp; ' Create your own template for ARRM

Many thanks to Zing for promoting ARRM to portuguese speaking communit on the Recalbox forum and help with the translation of ARRM into Portuguese :)Many thanks to Michele for his Italian translation of ARRM :)Thanks to the Screenscraper team for providing such a complete database

"datetime - a date and, potentially, a time. These are encoded as an ISO string, in the following format: "%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%F%q". For example, the release date for Chrono Trigger is encoded as "19950311T000000" (no time specified)."